All Screen articles in 11 September 2000 – Page 2
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Skouras, Blackwatch buy the world on Tully
Skouras Films and Blackwatch Releasing have jointly acquired worldwide rights to Hilary Birmingam's directorial debut The Truth About Tully, the major prize winner at this year's Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (LAIFF) when it was known as Whatever Happened To Tully.Skouras plans to release the film in the US in ...
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Kitano sets up rival Tokyo festival
Office Kitano, the production, distribution and promotion team built around offbeat Japanese actor-director (Beat) Takeshi Kitano, has launched a new festival of Asian and independent film.The establishment of the festival is seen as something of a backlash against the growing commercialism of the long-established Tokyo International Film Festival, which this ...
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Young French stay away from cinemas
Fewer young people are going to the movies in France, according to a CNC report assessing the cinema-going habits of 6-24 year olds, the "golden age group". But fortunately those who do go, go more often than before, mostly due to the multiplex boom. It is finally dawning on the ...
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Fabrica Cinema launches television arm
Benetton-funded production company Fabrica Cinema plans to launch a television production arm to be headed by director Marco Bellocchio and Fabrica director and former Locarno festival chief Marco Mueller."Fabrica Television is borne out of the necessity to double our efforts to create visibility for films otherwise regarded as marginal," said ...
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Lauren re-enters production with Roman comedy
Spanish distributor-exhibitor Lauren Films is preparing a Roman-era Monty Python-esque comedy, Lisistrata, which will mark its return to production after a decade-long hiatus.The film is scheduled to shoot in early 2001 under director Francesc Bellmunt (Thanks For The Tip). Lauren chief Antonio Llorens said he hopes to tap co-producers and ...
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Bring It On
Dir: Peyton Reed. US. 2000. 98 mins.Prod co: Beacon Pictures. US dist: Universal Pictures. Int'l sales: Buena Vista Film Sales, tel: (1) 818238 1081. Exec prods: Armyan Bernstein, Max Wong, Caitlin Scanlon, Paddy Cullen. Prods: Marc Abraham, Thomas A Bliss, John Ketcham. Scr: Jessica Bendinger. DoP: Shawn Maurer. Prod des: ...
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Our Lady Of The Assassins
Dir: Barbet Schroeder. France-Colombia. 2000. 96 mins.Prod cos: Les Films du Losange, Le Studio Canal Plus, Vertigo Films, Tucan Producciones Cinematograficas, with the participation of Canal Plus. Int'l sales: StudioCanal, tel: (33) 1 44 43 98 00. Prods: Margaret Menegoz, Barbet Schroeder. Scr: Fernando Vallejo from his novel La Virgen ...
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Sade
Dir: Benoit Jacquot. France. 2000. 100 mins.Prod co: Aliceleo. French dist: Ocean Films. Int'l sales: TF1 International (33) 1 4141 1504). Prod: Patrick Godeau. Scr: Jacques Fieschi. DoP: Benoit Delhomme. Prod des: Sylvain Chauvelot. Editor: Luc Barnier. Main cast: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Gregoire Colin, Isild Le Besco, ...
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Williams steps down as PACT chief executive
Shaun Williams, the chief executive of UK producer's alliance PACT, is to stand down from the post in January.A successor has yet to be appointed. PACT said it would shortly set up an appointments committee to seek a successor to take over in the New Year.Williams commented: "After three years ...
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BSkyB, NTL sign programming agreement
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB has signed a five-year programming supply deal with cable operator NTL which irons out several sticking points between the two companies. Under the deal - which is subject to the approval of telecom watchdog OFTEL - BSkyB will be paid according to NTL's growth projections, rather ...
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Indian film star kidnap talks break down
Negotiations to secure the release of Indian film star Rajkumar, kidnapped by bandit king Veerappan, broke down this week after the Indian Supreme Court refused to release 127 of the outlaw's accomplicesVeerappan said he would not free his hostages until the aides and Tamil Nadu Liberation Army activists had been ...
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Berezovsky offers to hand back ORT stake
In a move that Moscow media watchers are calling a publicity ploy, Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has threatened to hand back to the government his stake in Russia's largest broadcaster ORT. In a letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin that was provided to the press, Berezovsky claimed that he has ...
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Fine Line reorganises publicity, appoints Hovee
Fine Line Features has promoted Nina Baron to vice president, East Coast publicity and promotions, and Jennifer Stott to vice president, publicity and promotions, while Melinda Hovee has joined the company as executive director, west coast publicity and promotions. Both Baron and Stott will remain based in New York and ...
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Reiko Bradley returns to MDP as sales chief
Reiko Bradley has left her post as head of Filmtown International Sales and returned to work for old boss Mark Damon as executive vice president of distribution at Damon's MDP Worldwide. She previously worked for him at Vision International and later at MDP Worldwide before leaving to head up the ...
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Norway's KF mulls options after Buena Vista exit
Norwegian distributor Kommunenes Filmsentral (KF) is considering various survival strategies following the decision by one of its major product sources, Buena Vista, to establish its own office in the country. KF also recently lost 20th Century Fox's titles after the international distributor decided to open a Norwegian outpost, headed by ...
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Splendid expands library with Polyband buy
Cologne-based rights trader Splendid Medien has acquired a 100% share of Bavarian record company and video label Polyband in order to further build up its library of video and DVD rights.The company, which distributes videos and DVDs in Germany and German-speaking countries, owns a 300-title library including 150 predominantly German ...
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Film Consortium confirmed as partner on 51st State
Canada's Alliance Atlantis and the UK's Momentum Pictures have confirmed that UK studio franchise The Film Consortium has boarded their $28m action comedy 51st State (ScreenDaily, August 17). Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle will star in the film which follows an American chemist planning a once-in-a-lifetime drug deal in ...
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UA Theatres files for bankruptcy protection
United Artists Theatres Company has become the latest US exhibitor to run into financial trouble, filing for protection from creditors under US bankruptcy law while it reorganises to reduce debt and expenses. In its filing, the company said it intends to reduce debt of about $720m to about $260m. The ...
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FFA supports Princess, Dancer's German release
Tom Tykwer's The Princess And The Warrior and Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark are among eight titles to receive distribution funding from the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Dancer is being distributed by Constantin while Tykwer's film will be released by X Verleih.The other titles to receive support ...
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Oz in over development drive, warns AFC
Australia is developing too many feature projects according to Australian Film Commission (AFC) chief executive Kim Dalton.Presenting preliminary results of new AFC research to the National Screenwriters Conference, Dalton said that projects spend longer in development in Australia but the time and resources directly committed to the task is usually ...
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